Picture-hanger



W. T. PIERCE.

PICTURE HANGER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1920.

1,372,543. Patented Mar. 22,1921.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM T. PIERCE, or NORTH CAMBRIDGE, mnssacnnsn'r'rs.

PICTURE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d 1 1 22 Application filed March22, 1920. Serial No. 387,604.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM T. PIERCE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at This invention relates tohooks for use in hanging pictures against walls, my object being toprovide simple and inexpensive means, embodied 111 said hanger, for concealing the hook proper; said concealing,

m 1115 being of such a nature that it will be ornamental and willpreferably harmonize with the picture which is supported by. the hanger.

With these desi able objects in mind, I have provided the annexeddrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front face view of a hanger embodyingmy present improvement as it appears when in use, that is to say, whenit is supporting a picture, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig.8 is a relatively enlarged edge view of the hanger and Fig. 4 is a frontface view of-the metal hook.

Referring to. these drawings, the letter 0; indicates a section ofmolding of the type commonly provided at or near the ceiling of a roomand 7) denotes the side wall of the room.

My improved hanger consists essentially of a metal hook it one leg ofwhich is provided with an extension constituting a sup porting bar, tosecure it to the wall or other means, and which, in the embodiment of myinvention shown in the drawings, is preferably of sinuous shape so as tomake it somewhat spring acting, and the upper part of which may beprovided with a rearward curved or hook shaped extension 0, which isadapted to fit, and hang upon, the upper edge portion of the molding a,or said hook 7L may, if desired, be fastened to the side wall 7) bymeans of a nail (l driven through a hole 6, as will be understood byreference to Fig. 3, in which such a nail is shown in dotted outline.

Secured to the outer face of the hook member h is a card or plate fwhich is of such size that it covers, or nearly covers, and hides thesaid hook member, said card being permanently secured to the hook, ashere shown, by a rivet or clip '9.

Upon the exposed face of the card f I, preferably, print, or otherwisedisplay thereon,a picture, medallion, initial, monogram or otherinsignia which will harmonize with the picture which is to be suspendedfrom the hanger, as for example, if the picture be a t1ger, or otherexample of the genus feline, the picture on the card f may represent thehead of a cat. i

The lower portion of the supporting memher is upturned to form the hookit and the card 7' is preferably cut away, or rather slitted to providean opening through which the hookit may project (see Fig. 3) and also atongue i which is formed by striking out the slotted part of the card,and being bent upward is located immediately in front of the otherwiseexposed hook h, the arrangement ofthe described parts being such that,when viewed in front, the continuity of the picture on card f ispractically unbroken (see Fig. l). i

In the operation of hanging a picture'lu, a cord or wire at is loopedover the metal hook 'h, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and said cordincloses also the tongue, if the card be slitted as above described.

My described device may be produced very cheaply; it may be utilizedwith ordinary so called picture moldings and it provides a speciallyappropriate and pleasing form of hanger.

Having thus described my, invention, I claim i 1. In a picture hangerthe combination with a supporting bar, and a forwardly directed hook atone end of said bar, and a covering member superposed upon thehookcarrying side of said bar, and substantially coextensive therewith,of an unbendable connection at one end portion of said covering andsecuring said portion in contact with saidbar, a terminal hook shapedportion on said bar adjacent the nnbendable connection and bent awayfrom the first mentioned hook shaped portion, and adapted for suspendingsaid supporting bar.

3. In a device of the class described in combination, a sinuoussupporting bar, and a hook at one end of said bar, a substantially 10straight covering member superposed upon the hook-carrying surface ofsaid bar, substantially uubendable connecting means at one end portionof said member and securing said portion in contact with thecorresponding part of said bar, and a slotted portion on said membersurrounding said hook, and covering means projecting from said slottedportion and superposed upon said hook and adapted for concealing thesame. WILLIAM T. PIERCE.

